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His drug addiction raged out of control after moving to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1991, where he completed several novels but overdosed on heroin and eventually became homeless.
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Shouts from the Gutter
(Drunks, punks, junkies, and whores: these are Chris Walte...)
Drunks, punks, junkies, and whores: these are Chris Walter's people and he portrays them with empathy and humour. The characters in this collection of short stories have much in common with each other, but more than anything else, they are real enough to stumble over and piss on your shoe. So laugh when you can, cry if you want, but when you close your eyes, these flawed yet enduringly human characters will still be with you.
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I'm On the Guest List (I Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk Trilogy Book 3)
(This third and final part to the I Was a Punk Before You ...)
This third and final part to the I Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk trilogy begins in a Winnipeg jail cell in 1984 and ends twenty-years later in Vancouver. This first hand account of the punk lifestyle is brutally honest, devastatingly funny, and at times, emotionally chilling. Although not for the weak of heart, the candid narrative and unflinching prose make this book very readable and hard to put down. There is no peace, love, and anarchy for Mr. Walter, only boots, beer, and massive amounts of mayhem.
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Langside
(Set in the working poor district of West Central Winnipeg...)
Set in the working poor district of West Central Winnipeg, Langside shines a harsh light on the many problems facing inner city residents. Pressured to join the local gang but unwilling to do so, thirteen year old Sky struggles to adapt to the world of guns and drugs around him. Meanwhile, opposing gangs eager to capitalize on the growing demand for crystal meth are on the verge of open warfare. As Sky’s alcoholic parents try to keep the family afloat and a pair of mismatched cops attempt to deal with the rising violence, the story races towards a breathless conclusion that will keep readers in suspense until the last moment. Despite Sky’s prominence as a central character, the book is not aimed at the youth market and is geared more towards adults. Bold and brazen, yet often darkly humourous, Langside is a fast paced snapshot of urban life, both tragic and hopeful, and poignant without being bleak.
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Rock & Roll Heart by Walter, Chris
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I Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk
(Take a beer soaked, nihilistic journey - back to a time w...)
Take a beer soaked, nihilistic journey - back to a time when danger drove a trans am, and a day without a fight or a foot chase was rare indeed. Take a trip back to the day when punk rock was not available at the shopping mall; when a mohawk and a black leather jacket was a standing invitation to rumble.
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Welfare Wednesdays
(Jack met Lucy, and then it all went bad… Vancouver’s dr...)
Jack met Lucy, and then it all went bad… Vancouver’s drug-ravaged Downtown Eastside becomes more bearable for Jack Offley and Lucy Blanchard when they meet by chance one sunny afternoon. With Jack’s help, Lucy escapes her abusive common-in-law husband, but the young lovers soon become caught up in the nightmare of drug addiction and find themselves homeless. Stumbling along day by day, Jack and Lucy live only for the last Wednesday of every month, when the welfare checks are issued. Horrifying but darkly comic, Welfare Wednesdays is a love story like no other, a blistering tale of hope but perhaps not exactly redemption. "Taking her makeup kit to the living room, Lucy threw herself down on the couch and got to work. She had neglected to shower but that didn’t mean she could skip the makeup. Busy with the creams and brushes, she wondered who had started this time-consuming and expensive ritual. Had cavewomen smeared charcoal and berries on their faces to make themselves more attractive to cavemen? What difference would it make? They could smear themselves with dung and men would still chase them around. It was men who should wear the makeup, those hairy, ugly beasts. Lucy blinked at herself in the mirror and the watery blue eyes blinked back. She picked up her eyeliner pencil and, for reasons she could not fathom, did her best to make herself attractive for the cavemen of this world. Why couldn’t some plucky woman do them all a favour and shoot Estée Lauder? They would save enough money on cosmetics to put an end to world hunger and still have more than enough cash left to put Mary Kay on the moon."
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Chris Walter
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His novels generally portray the darker aspects of humanity such as drug addiction, prostitution, and homelessness. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Chris was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He became involved with drugs at a very early age and was kicked out of school before leaving home at fifteen, working a succession of menial jobs and collecting welfare for long stretches.
Forming his first punk rock band in 1980, Chris soon realized that he was never going to be a musician and began publishing a punk fanzine, Pages of Rage, which gave him his first taste of creative writing, although he wouldn’t complete his first novel, Beer, until he was almost forty.
Upon rehabilitation in January 2001, he devoted himself to work and to his family. Specializes in urban fiction, “books about punks, drunks, junkies and whores,” and has published 23 titles: 12 novels by Walter, his autobiographical trilogy, two collections of short stories, novels authored by Simon Snotface, Drew Gates and Stewart Black, and biographies of Canadian punk groups Personality Crisis, SNFU, and the Dayglo Abortions.
Despite their dark subject matter, Walter"s books are known for black humour, presented in prose described by critics as “convincing, lively, real, accessible, and wildly entertaining.”
Walter has also contributed to a number of publications, including The Nerve, Mass Movement, Razorcake, The Big Takeover, The Georgia Straight, Vice, Loud Fast Rules, The Republic, and Absolute Underground. He was featured in Prairie Coast Films" 2010 documentary Open Your Mouth And Say.
Mr. Chi Pig, a film that looks at the life of SNFU singer Mr.
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Welfare Wednesdays
(Jack met Lucy, and then it all went bad… Vancouver’s dr...)
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I'm On the Guest List (I Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk Trilogy Book 3)
(This third and final part to the I Was a Punk Before You ...)
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I Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk
(Take a beer soaked, nihilistic journey - back to a time w...)
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Langside
(Set in the working poor district of West Central Winnipeg...)
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Shouts from the Gutter
(Drunks, punks, junkies, and whores: these are Chris Walte...)
- Punch the Boss
- Rock & Roll Heart by Walter, Chris
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Welfare Wednesdays
